T«rm., Four Dollar* n Year. 
Ten r.'enlK a Copy. 
r*UT of (htt it shall be Bald, 
This dog watched beside a bed 
Day and night uuweary, 
Watched within a curtained room, 
Where no aunbeum brake the gloom 
Round the Blck and dreary. 
Rosea gathered for a vase, 
In that chamber died apace, 
Beam and breeze resigning. 
This dog only, waited od, 
Knowing that when light Is gone 
Bove remains for shining. 
Other dogs In thymy dew 
Tracked the hares and followed through 
SoDny moor or meadow ; 
This dog only, crept and crept 
Nest a languid cheek that slept, 
Sharing in the shadow. 
Other dogs of loyal cheer 
Bounded at the whistle clear, 
Up the woodslde hieing ; 
This dog only, watched in reach 
Of a faintly uttered speech, 
Or a louder sighing. 
And If one or two quick tears 
Dropped upon his glossy ears. 
Or a sigh came double,— 
Up he sprang In eager haste, 
Fawning, fondling, breathing fast, 
In a tender trouble. 
And this dog was satisfied 
If a pale, thin hand would glide 
Down his dewlaps sloping.— 
Which he pushed his nose within ; 
After, platforming his chin 
On the palm left op.-n. 
This dog, if a friendly voice 
Call him now to blliher choice 
Than such chamber-keeping ; 
“ Come out 1 ” praying from the door, 
Presseth backward as before, 
Up against me leaping. 
Therefore to this dog will I, 
Tenderly not scornfully, 
Render praise and favor; 
With my hand upon his head, 
Is my benediction said, 
Therefore ana forever. 
—Mbs. BnowNixo. 
F° r Forest and Stream and Rod and Gun. 
§rcechc$ J| ake. 
]NJ °Z a very euphonious title, certainly, but as sugges- 
tive as is the name (Spider) generally applied to Luke 
Maccawamack. It is situated some fifty miles N. E of Slier 
brook, and is some three to four miles in length, having its 
outlet at the extremity of the right leg of the breeches. Al- 
^ough Stanstead- places it in the Meganticdistrict.it is 
the r s f P p Per ^ ? ,‘ he St ' FrandS diStrict ' bein S northerly of 
the St Francs Lke and river and within the judicial district 
of that name. Withmarange of ten or fifteen miles from 
•Breeches Lake are numerous lakes and ponds but little fished 
f® ™ lth . ro , d or troll > and 1'terally teeming with trout, 
nr \ pike ’ pickerel and bQSS - 1 question much if either troll 
or tty has ever been used on Breeches Lake, the night line 
siW i a| ^° Ved meth ° d 0f ca P turin 6 the speckled and 
sneebf n‘? ed demzeus of this P re,t y little lake. The lake and 
threef d very fair s P riQklin S of the latter-run from 
avem'Je nf to * ,wo or three pounds weight, with a general 
tlie'p S ? • f E** ° De 8nd one - fourth pounds. Two years ago 
« ly TT, Becke “' Esq0 ' “rcompB,™ of several 
and m y sel f left Sherbrook en route 
Queb ScStJf' nJ he fir f l ^ enty - five miles wSeo^erThe 
to dinn Radwa y. landing us at Marbleton in time 
tTmen the Re 0 ^ 08 P 1 ^1 , 1® friend and enthusiastic fish 
wh P M°i. tbe „ Re . v : Tb0 «nas S. Chapman. Our reverend friend, 
hams ' Mr ^ , tbe cr ! am ' bu tter and home- cured 
sssSgilPi 
baggmreSe St t woT* th ftn , earl y,. hour with our boat and 
abSaJieinl! . three hours fishing a small pond of 
and distal t about t £iJ yiD ? ab ? Ut half a 111116 from the road 
E* *5 Si S^uSSltSS 
FrmS U LTh hiP H P am g g 
route hi flviime ! l 13 an ything but a comfortable 
rtones are 25hi^ft gU t -° f lorabl ? wdl macadamized, the 
furSishfd tli^ Sc b UDlf orm iu size, being as nature 
™ D ‘, them, and seem to wax boulder every additional sten 
Tn“ reSsel^size m,S. Ck H b fT n Mder “ ^ ftSfiK 
^ e »i,o *1 1 d tUe i of the wearied tourist and the 
nallv f after b fl fi dcr ? “*? b i ack flies continue to increase. Fi- 
D. T. 
AM * r t For Forest and Stream and Rod and Gun . 
ni 3ATOR HUNT, - EN FAMILE” 
ON LAKE GEORGE, FLORIDA. 
T W ° wceka “5° my father, mother and sisters paid me t 
-L Visit previous to their] departure for the North. As 
none except the first had ever been in a wild country before, 
they were delighted, especially at i the novelty of a bachelor* 
home. \\ hat fishing, hunting, and riding we did have ! As 
some of your readers may be interested in a description of an 
alligator hunt in which ladies took an active part, I will re- 
late the following incident which occured during this visit : 
r started out a quiet row in my Whitehall boat about 
0:JO r. M. The lake, a beautiful sheet of water about ten by 
twelve miles, was, for wonder, quite calm, and as smooth as 
glass. My father had with him a Maynard rifle, .40 cal., 
and I had a Stevens', .39 cal. As we slowly rowed along 
shore, they admired the pictures quo and novel scenery ; the 
vfe^ 'rthe NStl a k m °r f, n / rCShet ' « ^ VtafuU f™’ tbey adluired lbe P^uresque and novel sc 
of five of sSlM in 2 d A d f W,tb lts - rocky it,lct3 ' a lake buge cy P ress trce8 draped with the long Spanish moss, and 
beamff^ fu^^Province^f Qu^be^c 1 ^’lm' scone™* n b<5 8oaietl ® e8 capped with the enorm ms nest .of the osprey; 
mountainous and .grand and majestic in its SZre Ti f'n a P^cttoea, looking very tropical, 
h^ ba3 .“°5 e S“l ar feedei-s or inlets, aud seems to be supplied wbl e thouBanda of vmcs climbed luxuriantly among the trees, 
SmS ’SSI, n li n ghl,l,lly , C0ld ln 8Ummer and “ any ° f tbem iu ful1 b,00m - These > combined with the ever 
. X- • >*nen calm a pm can be seen at a dentil <>f present narfnmn of th* — it ... _ . . . 
wl.Pti.L , : 1 uuums o, uuapman. Ui 
h i s call i n PrC l C i '? ^ fl °n fl3 , hiDg > . di *Pl»y» an ardent affection for 
StEhEiiV g0 k \° dl ^ u PP ,fi6d SEh ffiuse ThS 
i which he made water tight for the occasion, we engaged 
-v.v u .ingu tu<n 
jSfiapsa s zi SL°vo d u,°;tsVK“ i ia 
likely to be fined for olyiVdating in his particular manner I k- ““l® u . of,:, rtunute fish. Sometimes the hawk g. t 
last saw him at Breeches Lake, where h?S?[ Hkel? to be ES snd if^df h h ' 3 P r ? y > a “ d lbcn Wo could tLc 
troubled with many visitors. A\lon"side~of the rnnd 6 necks and heads i of the newly Hedged young birds as ihtv 
Nicolet Like an antimony mine hEbeen opened but Uni? M?f° USly Wa,ted I°, r tbeir "Active morsel?. But oftemx 
worked at present, probably on account o^thEnt^moE i® 81 by ‘V boId robl,,T ’ tllc 1,ald eagle, and 
necessary to develop it. On the hill, near the a?mthS?t S uSvi n fa ? d W chase wus obliged to drop bis spoil, 
the lake, are the Ham Copper mines at mesent almnfS.d v, h , lhe , eage , ‘l ulck *y appropriated. 1 * 
but iu which several shafts and Jots of moLy have been S’ in the' belmi™ o? S ember8 ° f the P", r,y wcre quietly taking 
1 he ore is of a good grade, and will doubtless pav wen for f th . 6 sc , eue - my elder sister suddenly ex- 
working when better communication with a mm-keUs afford ; 1 a , lllgator .' As 8000 «s we caught sight 
ed. From Nicolet Lake we have an up hill nSl of St T P roc ® eded 0 b,181 °ess. I caught hold of the oars, 
three miles to where the road branches off t o Lake Ayhner monitor ^TheEEvB 7 T m° t,ie L slowly approached the 
where we leave our team, and having engaged a French rw/ Tf T There ta was. about two hundred yards off, lying 
ad.an with a yoke of oxen and a maf-che dafs or limber sled ,m i? U °V lie wa,c t r - . 8 . uddtn, y ba commenced to Zink, 
a ba mil°e UI thro 0 utb D f, trapS °r tfabouttlf ft ! " 
a mile through the woods. This lake is some three miles 
long, with a very steep, abrupt, northerly shore, formed of 
igneous or lava-looking decomposed rock. The only fish we 
saw here were a small kind of lake luuge, running scarcely a 
pound weight. As we found two Cannaiansfi 9 hing here with 
night lines, alODg which were strung several hundred book* 
vhffS? , tbr ? u f b tbe ,ak « aud Pitched our tent at the outlet,' 
*hich we made headquarters during the ten days' stay We 
were unfortnvmtAlv nn«hi A tr* « * 
father called out, aud 1 put on a spurt that reiEd'ctT liie'of 
my “Cornell days. 
I , “, Ste ?T d £’”T Cr , ic3 “7 fathcr : “ lbere he is about a hundred 
| yards off I drop the oars quietly and follow the example 
of my father, who has taken up and cocked his Maynard. At 
first we see nothing but the alligatoi’s eyes mid the cud of hia 
snout, then slowly up comes the top of his head about three 
indies out of water. Crack ! goes the .Maynard, striking a 
little high. Crack . goes the Stcveus, also too high. He sinks 
time before leaving out of six troiu Sl l p t C ! “• ? uys be : , but « m ni y excitement, forgetting that a large 
caught foul. This would look i thSufb they mu^ have »K« ^A 8 .' 101 - . e . ve “ wben ‘trough the 
been having a lively time below. An old lumber road ex- 
tends between Indian and Breeches lakes, which could be 
brushed out in a few hours so that a light boat could be port- 
aged across when I feel confident that a skilful handling of 
fly and troll would meet with abundant success. The proper 
time to arrive there would be about June 30 . Old Coulombe 
told us that in the left leg of the Breeches he had caught 
lunge nearly twenty pounds weight. The water is generally 
deep and clear, with beautifully smooth sand and travel 
beach at the head of tlio lake. The high ridge or promontory 
which separates the legs of the breeches would be a very 
desirable camping spot, as from its situation flies could not be 
troublesome, aud the dry timber standing would be ample to 
keep the pot boiling. _ A handy man for camp work can be 
had for $1 per day. Neither Indian nor Breeches lake 3 are 
brain, I cry “ No." lie reaches over the boat with the rope 
m one hand, ami catches the paw. Good Lord! half under 
the boat, as the ’gator is, he springs his enormous tail around 
splashing water all over the ladies and careening the boat to the 
water's edge, and then, his back grating on the keel as he goes 
under the boat, lie's off. I look toward the stern ; there eita 
my mother, leaning half over the boat, one band clutching 
each girl, and the latter clingiDg to her shoulders But 
straighten up, ladies, when you rend this : Not a cry was 
heard, and the first words were from thirteen-year-old Mamie 
“Oh! Will, he is lost, is he not?" But do| there his ser- 
rated back appears, fifty yards off. Nell and I row the boat 
close to lnm, and my father puts a bullet into his head an- 
other commotion ; I hand my father another rifle, and he re- 
peats the dose until the 'gator has had quant, auf to quiet 
him down. Then we had to put a half-hitch around his hind 
